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From: Sue Alexander <suelalexander>
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 10:48:18 -0800
ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PRESS & MEDIA:
April 5, 2002
The Society of Children?s Book Writers and Illustrators is pleased and proud to announce the winners and honorees of: The 2001 Golden Kite Awards
Fiction: Award True Believer
Virginia Euwer Wolff
Atheneum (Simon & Schuster)
Honor The Life History of a Star
Kelly Easton
Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster)
Non-Fiction: Award Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Houghton Mifflin
Honor John & Abigail Adams: An American Love Story
Judith St. George
Holiday House
Picture Book Text: Award The Shoe Tree of Chagrin
J. Patrick Lewis (illus., Chris Sheban)
Creative Editions (The Creative Company)
Honor Bluebird Summer
Deborah Hopkinson (illus., Bethanne Andersen)
Greenwillow (HarperCollins)
Picture Illustration:
Award The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish
Beth Krommes (author, Jacqueline Briggs Martin)
Houghton Mifflin
Honor Castles, Caves and Honeycombs
Lauren Stringer (author, Linda Ashman)
Harcourt, Inc.
Press Release/2001 Golden Kite Awards?p. 2
General Information:
Founded in 1971, the Society of Children?s Book Writers and Illustrators, with over 17,000 members worldwide, is one of the largest writer?s organizations in the country, and the only one specifically for those working in the fields of children?s books, multimedia, magazines, film and television. The organization was founded by Stephen Mooser
(President) and Lin Oliver (Executive Director), each of whom are well-published children?s book authors and leaders in the world of children?s literature.
Many of the most prestigious professionals in children?s literature sit on the SCBWI Board of Directors. Some of those include: Judy Blume, Eve Bunting, Bruce Coville, Paula Danziger, Tomie de Paola, Sid Fleischman, James Cross Giblin, Walter Dean Myers, Jerry Pinkney, Barbara Seuling, and Jane Yolen.
The Golden Kite Awards have been presented since1973, and reflect the most outstanding work in children?s literature published in 2001. These are the only book awards that are judged by the peers of those submitting to the competition. There are four panels of three judges; each panel consists of author and/or artist members of SCBWI whose own work is in that of the category being judged. The works chosen are those that the judges feel exhibit excellence in writing, and in the case of picture-illustrated books ? in illustration, and genuinely appeal to the interests and concerns of children.
The Golden Kite Awards will be presented to the winners and honorees on Sunday, August 4th at the Golden Kite Luncheon. This luncheon is part of the SCBWI?s 31st Annual Conference on Writing and Illustrating for Children, taking place at the Century Plaza Hotel on August 2nd ? 5th, 2002.
For more information on the awards or our organization, please call
(323) 78210 and speak to Mercedes Coats or Stephen Mooser.
You can visit our website at: www.scbwi.org to find a listing of previous winners of these awards, and more information on the SCBWI.
-See the new "My Writing Process" on my Web Site at: http://www.sue-alexander.com
Received on Fri 05 Apr 2002 12:48:18 PM CST
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 10:48:18 -0800
ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PRESS & MEDIA:
April 5, 2002
The Society of Children?s Book Writers and Illustrators is pleased and proud to announce the winners and honorees of: The 2001 Golden Kite Awards
Fiction: Award True Believer
Virginia Euwer Wolff
Atheneum (Simon & Schuster)
Honor The Life History of a Star
Kelly Easton
Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster)
Non-Fiction: Award Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Houghton Mifflin
Honor John & Abigail Adams: An American Love Story
Judith St. George
Holiday House
Picture Book Text: Award The Shoe Tree of Chagrin
J. Patrick Lewis (illus., Chris Sheban)
Creative Editions (The Creative Company)
Honor Bluebird Summer
Deborah Hopkinson (illus., Bethanne Andersen)
Greenwillow (HarperCollins)
Picture Illustration:
Award The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish
Beth Krommes (author, Jacqueline Briggs Martin)
Houghton Mifflin
Honor Castles, Caves and Honeycombs
Lauren Stringer (author, Linda Ashman)
Harcourt, Inc.
Press Release/2001 Golden Kite Awards?p. 2
General Information:
Founded in 1971, the Society of Children?s Book Writers and Illustrators, with over 17,000 members worldwide, is one of the largest writer?s organizations in the country, and the only one specifically for those working in the fields of children?s books, multimedia, magazines, film and television. The organization was founded by Stephen Mooser
(President) and Lin Oliver (Executive Director), each of whom are well-published children?s book authors and leaders in the world of children?s literature.
Many of the most prestigious professionals in children?s literature sit on the SCBWI Board of Directors. Some of those include: Judy Blume, Eve Bunting, Bruce Coville, Paula Danziger, Tomie de Paola, Sid Fleischman, James Cross Giblin, Walter Dean Myers, Jerry Pinkney, Barbara Seuling, and Jane Yolen.
The Golden Kite Awards have been presented since1973, and reflect the most outstanding work in children?s literature published in 2001. These are the only book awards that are judged by the peers of those submitting to the competition. There are four panels of three judges; each panel consists of author and/or artist members of SCBWI whose own work is in that of the category being judged. The works chosen are those that the judges feel exhibit excellence in writing, and in the case of picture-illustrated books ? in illustration, and genuinely appeal to the interests and concerns of children.
The Golden Kite Awards will be presented to the winners and honorees on Sunday, August 4th at the Golden Kite Luncheon. This luncheon is part of the SCBWI?s 31st Annual Conference on Writing and Illustrating for Children, taking place at the Century Plaza Hotel on August 2nd ? 5th, 2002.
For more information on the awards or our organization, please call
(323) 78210 and speak to Mercedes Coats or Stephen Mooser.
You can visit our website at: www.scbwi.org to find a listing of previous winners of these awards, and more information on the SCBWI.
-See the new "My Writing Process" on my Web Site at: http://www.sue-alexander.com
Received on Fri 05 Apr 2002 12:48:18 PM CST
